DIALYSIS CATHETERS

DIALYSIS CATHETER IS A CATHETER USED FOR EXCHANGING BLOOD TO AND FROM A HEMODIALYSIS MACHINE AND A PATIENT. DIALYSIS CATHETER CAN BE OF TWO TYPES- 1-TEMPORARY, 2- PERMANENT. TEMPORARY CATHETERS ARE USED FOR TYPICALLY FOR LESS THEN ONE MONTH AND PERMANENT CATHETERS HAVE BIG LUMEN, CUFF THAT TUNNEL UNDER THE SKIN AWAY FROM THE VENOUS INSERTION SITE.